(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has sent a letter of encouragement, praising the wholehearted contributions, sacrifices, and efforts of frontline forces, especially medical staff, in Vietnam’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic over the past 500 days.

(VOVWORLD) - In the past 24 hours, Vietnam recorded 8,620 Covid-19 cases, of which 23 were imported and 8,597 were locally-transmitted, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday evening.

(VOVWORLD) - Caeleb Dressel, the brightest star of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has finished off his great performance in Olympic history as he won 5 Gold Medals and set 4 Olympic records.

(VOVWORLD) - Myanmar has established an interim government led by Chairman of the State Administration Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, General Min Aung Hlaing as Prime Minister.

(VOVWORLD) - Switzerland’s Vice President and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis will pay an official 3-day visit to Vietnam, starting Wednesday, to forge closer ties between the two countries.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and India are emerging as economic powers in the region that will make a difference in the post-pandemic times, The Economic Times cited Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Pranay Verma as saying.

(VOVWORLD) - On Sunday afternoon, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong signed an urgent document on extending social distancing under Directive No. 16 for an additional 14 days from Sunday midnight.

(VOVWORLD) -Myanmar's Chairman of the State Administration Council, General Min Aung Hlaing on Sunday promised new elections and said his government is ready to work with any special envoy named by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden said he is hopeful about the Russian-American strategic stability talks, the first round of which took place earlier this week in Geneva. "We are in the process and I am hopeful," Biden told reporters at the White House on Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - The world’s leading organizations launched a joint petition on Saturday to coronavirus vaccine producers to prioritize delivering doses to low- and middle-income countries.